EJC Blog Posts
Eco-Justice Collaborative's posts explore current issues around climate, sustainability, and justice. Each rejects our mission and work in each of these areas, including local, regional or statewide campaigns.
Illinois Bankrolls Big Coal School Program?
HEATLAND COAL CRISIS: Illinois Bankrolls Big Coal School Program? Interview With Eco-Justice Leader Lan Richart Jeff Biggers Posted: 06/22/11 05:42 PM ET At ground zero in the nation's clean energy fight, The Heartland Coal Crisis will be a periodical series of blogs on coal and energy issues facing states in the Midwest, with a special focus on the Heartland Coalfield Alliance campaign for a just transition to a clean energy and sustainable economy. While a national campaign succeeded last month in getting publisher Scholastic, Inc. to nix their unabashedly Big Coal-cheering "The United States of Energy" curriculum, few people ... READ MORE
Selling Coal to Our Kids
From the Coal Mines to the Power Lines The education of our children is a sacred trust that we give to our teachers. Yet, educators in Illinois are being asked to violate that trust for the economic gain and vested interests of the coal industry. Starting today (June 14) and continuing through June 17, the State of Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (IDCEO) will host its annual Coal Education Conference at Rend Lake Resort, a four-day, all expenses paid teachers' immersion extolling the virtues of "clean coal". Attendees will receive 27 Professional Development Units, as they learn how ... READ MORE
Twitter Campaign follows Chicago Hearing
Twitter Campaign follows April 21 Hearing Chicago Clean Power Ordinance
On April 21st, 2011 clean power advocates met king coal in a 7-hour long hearing. Midwest Generation, which owns the two plants, got there early with hundreds of its workers that it bused in from all parts of the state and quickly grabbed most of the seats in the council chamber, effectively excluding all others from participating in the hearing. Their goal? To maintain the status quo by making this a Chicago jobs issue, instead of agreeing to spend money to install pollution controls to protect resident health. Fisk and ... READ MORE
Attention All Tweeters!
It's Time to Play Where's My 'Alderman'!
April 21st, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm City Hall Council Chambers, 2nd Floor 121 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago OR ... Play from your favorite armchair if you don't live in Chicago!The Chicago Clean Power Ordinance that would cut harmful pollution from the two coal plants in Chicago (or shut them down) now has enough support to pass City Council. A committee hearing on this groundbreaking ordinance will be held on April 21.
Chicagoans are looking to Mayor Daley to allow a vote on the ordinance before he leaves office mid-May. If ... READ MORE
